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Imagine a worker at a brick kiln in eastern Uttar Pradesh who is the sole wage-earner in a family of five. Although he earns enough to keep the...
Economic progress in India is said to have demographic winds at its back. Half of Indians are under 29, and the working-age population will keep...
In his book The Mystery of Capital, Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto explored why capitalism had flourished in the West but stalled elsewhere. His...
When we guess at how well-off someone is, we typically have no idea what they earn. What we do observe is the neighbourhood they live in, the size of...
In his landmark book, Peacemaking Among Primates (1989), primatologist Frans de Waal describes a behaviour he first documented among the chimpanzees...
Have you noticed how a motorcyclist who always wears a helmet on the main road may sometimes ride without one on a quiet road inside your colony? He...
The current debate over whether eggs should be included in school mid-day meals has obscured a larger question: Should Indians eat more animal...
In The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan makes the case that while we think of agriculture as the process by which humans domesticated plants, in...
India has introduced a mandatory health declaration for all international air passengers as part of its response to the current outbreak of Bundibugyo...
For the first time since records began, no woman aged 20–24 died from cervical cancer in England over a five-year period. The reason was a vaccine...
For the first time since records began, no woman aged 20–24 died from cervical cancer in England over a five-year period. The reason was a vaccine...
India’s draft National Health Research Policy, which was released for public comment in July, has notable strengths. First, the policy draft...
India’s agricultural achievement is one of its great post-Independence success stories. From the brink of famine in the mid-1960s, the country is...
India’s recently withdrew its bid to host COP33, offering no public explanation beyond a vague reference to a “review of commitments”. The...
Every recruitment cycle in India sees tens of thousands of public posts attract millions of applicants. The fact that even a posting for the position...
India’s most consequential contribution to the world isn’t a product, a service, or even a technology platform. It is people. Indian workers,...
Public debates about women’s safety in India usually focus on violence in public spaces. But there is another dimension of safety that receives far...
‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past.’ William Faulkner’s words about the American South apply to India’s health system as well. Much...
As incomes rise without safe piped water, the default alternative becomes plastic. Mexico offers a reminder of the limits of income growth
Population health strategies may benefit from Ayurveda’s insights into why standardised interventions fail for many population subgroups
Over time, neglecting the health of the population transforms growth from an engine of progress to a source of fragility
Calls for tighter government oversight are justified, yet regulation alone may not suffice in a system vulnerable to corruption
The issue of stray dogs pits the right of humans to live safely without getting bitten or attacked against that of most dogs who do not bite anyone.
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